Day 75 Wednesday 20th May 2015, clear light breeze Pardoo Station Those cows are still angry. When we wake I say to Woody “Smell that air isn’t it great?” “Smells like cow shit to me” he says with a grin. … Continue reading Go West, Day 75 – Pardoo Station
Day 2 Sunday 16/6/19, Geelong to Mitre, cool… the weather that is. We have a good night’s sleep. The diesel heater warms the van and the birds are singing. We bid our farewells to our hosts The Truckers and hit … Continue reading Up the Guts – Day 2
Farm Stays are the most memorable stays of all and to be honest we haven’t stayed at enough of them. In its simplest form a farm stay means camping somewhere on a farming property and you may not even meet … Continue reading The Side Benefits of Farm Stays
July 2018, Burdekin Cane Farm, Qld After last nights’ cane burn (Burdekin Cane Farm) tiny black slivers of burnt cane trash cover everything, but I’m told the trick is to leave it to dry out and it will just blow … Continue reading Burdekin Snow
July 2018 The farm is on Waterview Road, so named as it skirts a long lagoon. Greg’s farm stay is on mowed lawns under shady mango trees and overlooking the lagoon. Behind us and up the hill is Greg’s farm … Continue reading Burdekin Cane Farm
Billabourie in central NSW, is more of a farmstay than a caravan park. It is 10 kms down a good gravel road and on the way in we spot a fox feasting on roadkill. The camp is set in amongst … Continue reading Shattering the peace
Fraser Range Station, is more like a traditional caravan park but with a fabulous outlook and a chance to chill amongst dry climate gardens and trees after the Nullarbor drive. A place to catch your breath and put your feet … Continue reading Fraser Range Station
Spring 2017 We take a short drive out from Benalla, Vic to check out Broken Creek Bush Camp, the one that was recommended to us around a campfire up in Miles, Qld and recently by a couple of mates. This … Continue reading Broken Creek Bush Camp
Murchison House Station is a range goat farm on the banks of the Murchison River just out of Kalbarri in Western Australia. It is dog friendly and there are plenty of peaceful riverbank camp sites. Like so many farm stays … Continue reading Murchison House Station
Winter 2015 At Barn Hill, WA there is a rock cairn atop the hill that was erected by Alexander Forrest when he passed through here in 1879. It is reminders like these that make our journeys inconsequential compared to the … Continue reading Barn Hill
